Saturday, January 06, 2018

Cook County West

Liberals never seem to learn, even from each other:


So something like a 66% sugar tax? Let's see if Seattle voters can sway their politicians like Cook County voters. They are way more liberal on the west coast though. They may like high taxes.

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63 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

1.75 cents per ounce.

1/06/2018 12:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Washington State, Oregon, California are all kinds of f$&ked up.

1/06/2018 12:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The city of Seattle has tried lots of stupid things, including trying to levy a tax on high income earners ($250k single/$400k married) and the courts told them to go fuck themselves with a cactus. Seattle also has a genuine socialist on their city council, who makes Ed Burke seem reasonable.

Meanwhile, their attempt to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour is going just as you'd expect.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/26/new-study-casts-doubt-on-whether-a-15-minimum-wage-really-helps-workers/?utm_term=.ce3e2448cf86

But yes - it basically is Cook County West. Their cost overruns for things like their light rail and the viaduct replacement tunnel, and wanting "free community college" for everyone and other dumbass things are the reason why Amazon started looking elsewhere. And real estate there is out of control - when it makes the Gold Coast/Lincoln Park look inexpensive, then you know you're fucked.

Having said that, Seattle PD was nice and professional when I lived out there.

1/06/2018 12:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Liberal Democrats are job killers. Just look at Chicago, Crook County, and the rest of Illinois. Everybody is fleeing this shithole if at all possible.

1/06/2018 12:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Seattle be doing "gentrification" shiiiit

1/06/2018 12:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I doubt that gets repealed... Seattle "corporate democrats" are looney... I met a liberal who lived out there, and he moved back to Chicago. He said that they are bizarre out in Washington state

1/06/2018 12:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1.75 Cents soda tax per ounce in Seattle .. assswipe Seattle politicians say they don't know where else soda tax has failed ..LOl just ask Crook County ,Il Taxwinkle

Once again Seattle liberals want to spend soda tax money on liberal investments..Liberal's speak, to spend and waste taxpayer money

1/06/2018 12:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So, the people and taxes are both high..

1/06/2018 12:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yeah, liberals vote for high taxes but then vote with their feet when the reality sets in.
That's how the disease of liberalism spreads.

1/06/2018 12:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Seattle and Portland...shove them out to sea to appease the Tsunami gods....

1/06/2018 01:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So used to buying everything thru Amazon,
they might not care as long as it's delivered
to their front door. Very depressing in Seattle.
Starbucks i.v.'s, Mountain Dew's for energy.
Didn't Seattle generate some real low down
death metal and grunge bands?
Major attraction is Sea-Tac airport. The Mariners
are really off season fisherman. Citizens mesmerized
by Jeff Bezos, osmosis style.
I think this is a backdoor tax on Seattle to compensate
for incentives and tax breaks given to Amazon.
Florida just might consider a tax on frozen iguanas.

1/06/2018 01:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Seattle sugar tax was initially proposed by Mayor Ed Murray who had to resign over his fifth child abuse allegation and was replaced by a LGBT woman. The council has nine members with one voting no, another not present. Everybody involved is a democrat, and one further identifies as a Socialist Alternative (Trotskyist Marxist).

1/06/2018 02:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Entirely historically appropriate to hijack all shipments of the products and dump them ala Boston Tea Party.

1/06/2018 02:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Obesity/stupidity tax.
Cigs, gas, utilities, phone,
vehicles.

1/06/2018 02:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

remember when I could fill the tank for
$26.33. let it rot on the shelf.
a politician is a dirty man.
tax the kids on the Easter candy, tax the
kids on the birthday cake, when they grow
up they'll hate the city, rent a U-Haul and
move away.

1/06/2018 02:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

tax my piss in the airport bathroom, tax my
car in the parking lot, put a dollar in for toilet
paper, a quarter for a paper towel.
Monsanto positioning itself to engineer marijuana
seeds so they can't reproduce. Total monopoly.
Indian reservations can cultivate grass legally
since 2014. Casinos, dope, and cigarettes: the
American way.

1/06/2018 02:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't laugh. Cook County will implement a toilet paper tax in 2017. I wonder what group will the elected will declare exempt from this new tax?

1/06/2018 04:48:00 AM  
Blogger Mr. SouthSide said...

Remember, Seattle is the home of Starbucks. Their brains have been so atrophied by slurping so many gallons of that swill that they would agree to anything.

1/06/2018 05:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They're always called liberals, but the truth is they're communists. Back in the 50's or 60's,the president of communist Russia said they would take over America and never fire a single shot.
Americans would never accept a "communist" government,but change the name to "liberal democrat" and it is happening! If this communism isn't stopped, you can bet your ass your "rights" will be dependent upon the whims of government!
Protest them and get shot. Liberals should be treated like children, not elected to public office.

J.J.

1/06/2018 06:10:00 AM  
Blogger Ragman said...

My father told me 50 years ago. "They'd tax sex if they could find a way to put a meter on ur peter!" I was a teenager and didn't understand. Then I got a job and an apartment. Then I understood. Wish I'd left Illinois then. Can't now. Darn grandkids got me stuck here! It's all about family now. Shit! I just realized how old I am.

1/06/2018 06:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Perhaps this tax could go national instead? Look at all the revenue it could raise.

1/06/2018 06:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Anonymous said...

Washington State, Oregon, California are all kinds of f$&ked up.

1/06/2018 12:12:00 AM"

No kidding?

Need a U.S. map that contains the dotted line, "cut along dotted line."

1/06/2018 07:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did anyone see what’s going on in Oregon? They passed a law making people pump their own gasoline and all the snowflakes are melting over it. Twitter has some hilarious tweets from from people crying about the new legislation.

1/06/2018 07:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've been nothing but satisfied with my move to Oregon. I work for a rural department that has a pension funded and not dealing with cpd b.s is a breath of fresh air. You couldn't pay me money to set foot back in IL again.
Seattle wa is messed up but I never visit.

1/06/2018 08:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Democrats love to tax you! And they are dumb enough to keep voting them in! Just like Illinois! See the parallel? Listen to them (democrats) on CNN,MSN, and Main stream media, they come out against the tax reform and basically say they want you dumb voters to pay more taxes, and you keep voting them in?

1/06/2018 08:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I somewhat surprised the politicians didn't let them show the amount of tax included in the price. If you knew how much of the price of a gallon of gasoline was taxes (federal, state, local, sales, gas), you would be shocked.

1/06/2018 08:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The whole left coast is gone.
The California infection has overtaken Washington and Oregon while Colorado is quickly descending into the liberal abyss.

1/06/2018 08:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...




Wait. Cannabis is legal in Seattle. Isn't the cannabis tax that all the dopers and drug tourists are so happy to pay taking care of all their government's tax shortfalls? Why more increases?


Besides, it's not a tax, the sign says it's a "sugar recovery fee."

Let's get our facts straight.




1/06/2018 08:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would be curious to see what it cost the Chicago taxpayers to have all those corporations move downtown, plus you have those snowflakes thinking what a great city.

1/06/2018 08:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Another libtard paradise.

1/06/2018 08:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I noticed that Barack Obama is going to be the first guest on David Letterman’s new show. You would think that Obama would want to distance himself from somebody with a record of sexual harassment like David Letterman. He’s nothing more than a mean spirited, boring, lecherous old man now. Why would Letterman interview Obama? I know that he’s an ex-president but I still remember when he was a clueless and corrupt State Senator from Chicago’s south side.

1/06/2018 08:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hahahahahaha!

1/06/2018 09:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
1.75 Cents soda tax per ounce in Seattle .. assswipe Seattle politicians say they don't know where else soda tax has failed ..LOl just ask Crook County ,Il Taxwinkle



Taxwinkle! Hahahaha!
Good one my friend, good one.

1/06/2018 09:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
tax my piss in the airport bathroom, tax my
car in the parking lot, put a dollar in for toilet
paper, a quarter for a paper towel.
Monsanto positioning itself to engineer marijuana
seeds so they can't reproduce. Total monopoly.
Indian reservations can cultivat

Let's hope Monsanto doesn't screwup and accidently de-fertalize other crops like corn, wheat and trees. Oh well.

1/06/2018 09:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let’s just hope Toni learned her lesson. Even if it had stayed she would never have reached the taxes projection. With people leaving the county to save on that tax, they would have made other purchases costing the county those tax dollars
I believe it would have produced a negative tax inpact

1/06/2018 09:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great opportunity to open a store just outside Seattle city limits selling sugary drinks....

1/06/2018 09:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Seattle and Portland...shove them out to sea to appease the Tsunami gods....

1/06/2018 01:40:00 AM


Actually, a Tsunami would be a change....

1/06/2018 09:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe Rahm could run for dictator, er, um Hizzoner in Seattle. Jerry Brown, the California governor is nearby. Wildfires are caused by "climate change." And the government agrees. Yikes!
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/wildfires.html

How did we ever survive without the most knowledgeable so haughty/high & mighty above us?

NOT ILLINOIS. NOT LAW.

1/06/2018 09:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ha ha!

1/06/2018 09:49:00 AM  
Blogger Cuthbert J Twillie said...

I have zero sympathy for the commies in Seattle. The assholes actually have a Bronze Statue of Vladimir Lenin there! So fuck them!

Here's how mentally f--ked up those jaggoffs in Seattle are: ......
---> Years ago when the idea of raising money for Road Repairs, etc -- by Taxing Cars for each mile driven instead of only by a Gasoline Tax -- was first being floated by their democrat masters, the morons interviewed for a newspaper article were all for it. Every one of the moonbats said that they weren't being taxed enough! <----

So again, f--k 'em!

1/06/2018 10:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the left coast is so over burdened with lefty taxes and fees.
the ocean rising is actually their sorry asses sinking.

1/06/2018 10:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You’d be surprised at the stupidity of the west coast idiots. They’re happy to pay for this idiotic shit. Granny came from this area. Enough said.

1/06/2018 11:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The brain-washing out there is amazing. I know people out there that were dismayed because Trump’s win caused their pre-teen children to cry.

1/06/2018 11:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

While liberal and far too many homeless 0lus the protests, I'll take Seattle over Chicago. I hated living in Chicago, found very few things to enjoy. Crime everywhere, limited to 4 neighborhoods worth living in. The department was a joke. It's far from perfect here in Seattle but I've made it work. Plus no residency.

1/06/2018 11:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Ygolonac said...

Remember, it's not "Washington", it's "those damn dirty wetsider hippies". All the Californians came up for Microsoft, stayed on for the NW TechBro Boom, and are happily re-enacting the Late Great Failed State of CA.

Most of the rest of the state would be satisfied sawing Puget Sound off like Bugs Bunny.

Eastsider scum from Spokane, here. (We didn't want Kirkpatrick either.)

1/06/2018 12:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Classic Coke is the best said...

Holy Shit! Thought the Cook County tax was crazy, the tax is almost as much as the drink itself. That is pure insanity!

1/06/2018 01:13:00 PM  
Blogger NFLweek9picks said...

Another brilliant Seattle move.

https://conservativetribune.com/citys-gun-tax-backfires/

1/06/2018 02:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Seattle is Washington like Chicago is Illinois. The whole state isn't totally fucked up but urban liberal progressives keep trying.

1/06/2018 02:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They never fucking learn......... doing the same thing over and over and expecting another result and they're calling Trump crazy.

1/06/2018 05:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

air until people start going out side of city for all groceries things will change.

1/06/2018 06:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Guarantee if democrats had control of both houses and president this is what we would see nationally. However their prime voting block would be exempt.

1/06/2018 06:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The west coast have given us Pelosi and Firestone what do you expect.

1/06/2018 06:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Washington is a great place. Seattle is screwed up but thats only a small part of the state.
I'll still take Washington over CrookCounty and Shitcago. I left IL about 6 years ago after dealing with CPD's B.S.

1/06/2018 06:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They make Taxwinkle look reasonable.

1/06/2018 08:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tax criminal behavior. Make them pay each time they get arrested, in prison they work, no more liberal nonsense, make them pay back society. If, like our shitheads, have never worked a day in their lives, then they are permanently banned from receiving entitlements. Hell, the answer to all this country's financial problems could be solved by one thing. Drug test all welfare recipients, piss hot, no more free living. We would save billions a year. But the Democratic party would never let that happen.

1/06/2018 10:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yep the moon bats in Seattle are just transit scum from Communistfornia for the most part. They did the same to Portland and Las Vegas. They tax and tax then leave when it gets to much even for them. Then infest the next poor place with the same stupid ideals. I live in Washington but thank god for the huge military base acting as moonbat repellent.

1/06/2018 11:16:00 PM  
Blogger Gilligan said...

$26.33? Try 20gals at 35cents that’s $7.00. Oh my time for my 😴

1/07/2018 08:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A peter meter, good. Better a prickometer,better yet a rahmometer

1/07/2018 08:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wish I'd left Illinois then. Can't now. Darn grandkids got me stuck here! It's all about family now. Shit! I just realized how old I am.

I was in the same situation. But then a miracle happened. The kids and grandkids moved out of Il! Didn't take much after that to convince the wife to do the same.

1/07/2018 09:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

its for the health of our children...................

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

fucking idiots!!!

1/07/2018 11:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sadly, their taxes are still cheaper than cook county

1/07/2018 11:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They're always called liberals, but the truth is they're communists. Back in the 50's or 60's,the president of communist Russia said they would take over America and never fire a single shot.
Americans would never accept a "communist" government,but change the name to "liberal democrat" and it is happening! If this communism isn't stopped, you can bet your ass your "rights" will be dependent upon the whims of government!
Protest them and get shot. Liberals should be treated like children, not elected to public office.

J.J.

****

My thoughts exactly.

1/07/2018 01:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If retailers would list prices that would be WITHOUT the layers and layers of taxes and regulation compliance costs - including 15 dollar minimum wage - the people would be revolting against the corrupt communist progressive liberal democrats that have imposed this garbage upon us all. It would take less than two weeks of full listings.

Oh, and if ALL taxes and ALL fees and ALL payment demands applied to EBT, we would be involved in a civil war 2 in five seconds.

1/08/2018 12:36:00 PM  

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